NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan today announced U.S. pricing for the 2016 Nissan LEAF, which goes on sale soon at LEAF Certified Nissan dealers nationwide. For 2016, the all-electric LEAF is available with a 30 kWh battery that provides an EPA-rated best-in-class* range of 107** miles – a 27 percent increase over the previous 24 kWh battery. The new battery is standard for LEAF SV and LEAF SL models. The 2016 model also offers an enhanced IT system that is more user-friendly and gives drivers greater vehicle connectivity.

The 2016 Nissan LEAF has a starting price of $26,700*** after the federal tax credit of $7,500 for the SV model and $29,290*** for LEAF SL after the federal tax credit. LEAF S models continue to be equipped with a 24 kWh battery with an EPA-rated range of 84** miles. Starting price for 2016 Nissan LEAF S grade remains $21,510*** after the federal tax incentive.

Along with the new battery, other enhancements for the 2016 model year include standard NissanConnect with Mobile Apps with 5.0-inch color display for LEAF S models. LEAF SV and SL grades add NissanConnect with Navigation and Mobile Apps, featuring a 7.0-inch color display with multi-touch control and Nissan Voice Recognition.

The NissanConnect EV system (no-charge subscription required), also standard on SV and SL grades, allows remote connection to the vehicle, providing monitoring of battery state-of-charge, start charging event control and turning on the heating and air conditioning system prior to entering the vehicle.

That announcement out to drop the price on the remaining 2015s by another $6-8 grand. Will be really interesting how low they have to go with 2015s to clear inventory. I would also expect that the 2013 rental returns will go down another $3-5K from their current $11-15K range. Will also be really interesting to see what percentage of 2016 sales will be S models. I'm guessing < 25%.

My local dealer sold about a half dozen lease returns they had in Aug & Sept, currently have only one. However they appear to have only sold one or two of the 2015 models in stock since I have been watching in Sept & currently have 11 on hand.

Another dealer south of me (North Seattle) has about 24 new ones with S models reduced to $16K & SVs at $20K (that is after the $7,500 Fed tax credit). That dealer also has 20 used 2013 Leafs ranging from $11,950 for an S, $14,950 for SV w QC, to 19,950 for an SL with premium package.

The writeup for the 2016 Leaf linked above is filled with errors and misleading info (like the 3.3kw charging system, which they imply they all will have.) It reads like an ad for a Chinese scooter, I'm afraid. Nissan needs to get some English speakers (and proofreaders) to write copy for the English-speaking market.

LeftieBiker wrote:The writeup for the 2016 Leaf linked above is filled with errors and misleading info (like the 3.3kw charging system, which they imply they all will have.) It reads like an ad for a Chinese scooter, I'm afraid. Nissan needs to get some English speakers (and proofreaders) to write copy for the English-speaking market.

I do like that dark blue, though...

Probably not a "Nissan" website. I bet the the user who posted it is a spammer for the site linked.

Probably not a "Nissan" website. I bet the the user who posted it is a spammer for the site linked.

I dunno. There is a photo of a Nissan Rep with a placard a little ways back here, and on the placard the word "Future" is misspelled...

Correction: no Nissan rep in the photo, but the placard is labelled "Nissan Motor Corp."

I don't think Nissan is behind 2016nissan.net hosted on Wordpress... pretty sure they would use their own website. Here is the official Nissan press release website: http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa